Corinthia Hotel St. George’s Bay

Placement organization

Name of organization: Corinthia Hotel St. George’s Bay
Town/city: St Julians
Country: Malta
Website: http://www.corinthia.com/stgeorges

Student

Name of student: Natascha Vink

Specialist area: ITTI
Placement period: 2014-2015

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Five-star hotel
Organization’s activities: Five-star luxury hotel targeting local and international market
Target group of the organization: upmarket, all ages
Company culture: Corinthia Hotel St. George’s Bay is a very bureaucratic organization, however the work atmosphere is informal and casual. In my opinion, work pressure is very high on employees, but not on interns. Most people here don’t expect a lot from interns and don’t delegate much work to them.
Number of employees: ?
Dress code: formal
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working? Marketing
Brief description of your daily activities: Marketing for Corinthia Hotel St. George’s Bay and Marina Hotel Corinthia Beach Resort. General administration, liasing with advertising & design agents and media, writing texts for the website and online & offline promotional material, such as flyers, posters, banners, menu’s etc., keeping the website up to date.
Brief description of your company assignment: Competitor analysis and giving advise for a marketing strategy for the lido (area with pools, beach and sea access)
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: Very good. Although he is very busy, he will make time to sit down and talk.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Flexible, representable, team player as well as independent, professional, creative
Additional company requirements for this placement? Writing skills
English: Advanced
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The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Airplane

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? Ourselves, via justlanded.com
How did you go to work every day? By foot

Visa / work permit / vaccinations

Do you need a visa? No
Do you need a work permit? No
How did you arrange the necessary documents:
How much time did it take to arrange the necessary documents?
Did you need certain vaccinations? No
How long in advance?

Language course

Did you take a language course before you started your placement? No
Would you recommend to have a language course prior to this placement? Only if your English is insufficient

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 200
Accommodation (monthly): € 345
Local transport (monthly): € 6.50
General costs of living (monthly): € 150
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? Only lunch, which is not worth writing home about

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I didn’t behorehand. I ask lots of questions during work to understand why people do what they do.
Did the culture of the country influence your performance during the placement in any way? No

Future students on placement

Future students are free to contact me for further information: Yes
My e-mail address: 130257@edu.nhtv.nl

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: I personally do not recommend Malta as a country for your placement. There is very little to do on the island. And most companies do not give their interns any responsibilities and very little work. I think I am very lucky to be at the Marketing Department.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: Very little. From February until mid April there is almost nothing to do except for bowling, cinema, and restaurants. As of mid April the weather is nice and you can go to the beach and do sightseeing. Transport around the island is very cheap (€1.50 for a day bus ticket) and get you anywhere. If you’re lucky, the bus will show up.

Media

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